Photo: Spark802 · CC BY-SA 4.05.5% of households rent their home, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 16% in Oakbank. Here, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Higher than in 79% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents are under 15. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 17,494 for July 2025. Statistics Canada counts Oakbank as part of Springfield: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Oakbank
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 11% of residents, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 0.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 57% of Canadian towns: Oakbank changed by +5% since 2016
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Manitoba’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 8%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.4% of residents. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The median age in Oakbank is 42.4, higher than in 52% of Canadian towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Oakbank, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Oakbank households average 2.7 people, larger than in 76% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 5.4%, below 89% of Canadian towns.
Oakbank ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 60%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
22% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 9.5%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 93% of Canadian towns, at 93%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Newer homes outnumber old: 34% date from 2001 or later, 8.8% from before 1961. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $114,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Oakbank: half had more than $114,000, 33% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Manitoba’s towns, the household in the middle had $83,000. 18% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
5.9% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 1.7%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (59%), then in the Americas (23%). Lower than in 78% of Canadian towns: 5.9% of residents are immigrants.
11% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 89% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Oakbank comes in at 44%. As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 2.3% of residents belong to a visible minority.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 59% of Canadian towns, at 9.2%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
2.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 95%, French 0.4%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 54% of Canadian towns: 25%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 7.4%, against 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 64% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 17,005 to 18,016 people: this is the 16th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Bay-Cloverhill, at 29.6, to Greater Napanee, at 50.4. Danforth East York (42.1), Fraser Heights (42.2), Canmore (42.8) and Fallingbrook (42.9): the towns nearest Oakbank in median age.
Oakbank is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakbank | 17,494 | — | 42.4 | 17% | 5.9% |
| Canterbury Park | 8,744 | 10.8 km | 36.9 | 9% | 16% |
| Kildare-Redonda | 8,294 | 12.0 km | 41.2 | 21% | 13% |
| Radisson | 3,653 | 13.2 km | 40.2 | 16% | 14% |
| Victoria West | 3,687 | 13.7 km | 39.2 | 15% | 18% |
| Meadows | 3,822 | 13.8 km | 44.8 | 19% | 16% |
| East St. Paul | 10,321 | 14.1 km | 46.8 | 21% | 9.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Oakbank’s residents
What is the median income in Oakbank?
Half of Oakbank’s households had more than $114,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Oakbank?
About 17,494, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 16,142 people in Oakbank, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Oakbank?
The median age is 42.4, older than 52% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Oakbank bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9.2% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 2.2%.
How diverse is Oakbank?
Immigrants: 5.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.3%. Indigenous identity: 11%.
What religion are people in Oakbank?
44% said they have no religion and 55% that they are Christian; 1.6% named another faith.
Is Oakbank good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 72% of households and one-parent families 5.4%. Schools near Oakbank are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).